How to use a switch case 'or' in PHP?

Question

is there such thing (in PHP anyway) for an OR operator in a switch case?

something like..

switch ($value) {

case 1 || 2:
echo 'the value is either 1 or 2';
break;

}

Answer 1

switch ($value)
{
    case 1:
    case 2:
        echo "the value is either 1 or 2.";
    break;
}

This is called "falling though" the case block and it exists in most languages which implement a switch statement.

Answer 2

Try

switch($value) {
    case 1:
    case 2:
        echo "the value is either 1 or 2";
        break;
}

Answer 3

ah i see, so as long as i order them in the right fashion I can achieve this? excellent, and once again thank you!

Answer 4

I won't repost the other answers because they're all correct, but I'll just add that you can't use switch for more "complicated" statements, eg: to test if a value is "greater than 3", "between 4 and 6", etc. If you need to do something like that, stick to using if statements, or if there's a particularly strong need for switch then it's possible to use it back to front:

switch (true) {
    case ($value > 3) :
        // value is greater than 3
    break;
    case ($value >= 4 && $value <= 6) :
        // value is between 4 and 6
    break;
}

but as I said, I'd personally use an if statement there.

Answer 5

Thanks so much (y)